Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-10-12
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.


The mass-meetlnS convention OF the hepuD.
ltcan party OF this county to nominate canol'
dates for the House of Delegates met In Inc
Conrt-nouse at IL O'CLOCK. M, last SATURDAY.
DR.. q. L. Robinson, OF Mt. Scion, was mrs.
made Temporary Chairman. and then eiecteo
permanent chairman, ana the editor OF the ne
publican paper made Secretary. -
= 5. Brown Allen moved that commlttee Oh
resolutions be appointed. and that all resolu-
lions should be refsrred to that committee
without debate. -
This committee. of which 8. Brown Alien
waschairman, was composed of one from eacn
District OF the county and Ward OF the city
Stannton. whose names we failed to obtain.
Jacob Yost then moved that the convention
proceed to make nominations.
Benz. M. Smith, OF Staunton, then put In
nomination the name OF w. Bailey. Dunlap Oh
Pastures district.
u. Y. fiory, OF Miodie River oistric'' nonii-
mated BenJ. j. Craig, OF That district.
J. d. harvey nominated Jas. " Coonian, pu.
wnlist speaking III penaii Vi Iua' 'ion
some remark. which we could not near. was
mace 10 MIN oy d memoer, wnen ne "i'nora
the nomination OF jas. u cochran.
ERASMUS nouh seconoeo 'ne nonniha 'ion "a
Mr.. Craig ana salo tnat ne was from tne only
was soUu "nu Puio "n'
'acoo AoS' sooouueo 'no noniinaSion VI Nj.
Duniap' anu saio no nopo0 no "ouiu oe no"
na'eo Wy ao1ianA'ion. ne pau no m.e 81 III.
est anu inIeiiison' Luooli@nio "no YVES A"AAi.."
n.su ~ -. N'
nepuoiican p"iv.
onas' curry seoonueo 'no nol.nao. =. 49,
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Oh "Du .A~' wv 49,.
p"r',a, W 10. ne - sou ~ 49, "
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mon sense-Iha' ia"yers were no. .ne oia1e "
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was Lyle W 'aA. .e 49, =. @ 49,
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man.
"A Arnold moved that Dunlap and Craig
,o,,,xotod h., occ,or,at;o,
NC nohina'eu W aooi"os.on. ~
nomination of Dunlap who was not present
- 4, -. H., 80 x,,,,,,
ou' Nv nis none~ =, WI IL ii' enop "AN
he shall tell him that evening of his nominal
tton he will receive il with honest misgiyings
.s he does not consider himself fitted rfthat
,,o.,t,or hr, ba grocas his sbon and bay will
r,rooo tho Hopse of Deleyates
Than tho motion of Arnold tn nominate by
exclamation was mt and carried with but few
dis,a,tiro yo,as Than the motion to make
the nominations unanimous. was unanimous
w adonted.
Tn resnonse tn calls Mr. Crai.. one Of the
rom,nees than took tho stand and in q few
hu,of ro,,or-s ,honted tho convention for tho
honor thew had conferred upon him. and said
,hot no nod honod tho = Soma ono mora wor,by
would have been nominated. and pledged him
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y.
IL response W eans, speeone' "eio .non nauo
Wy '"0'o AoS'' )" L. oi"is' "DA D. DIV" az
len.
Inen .. Brown Alen reao Inc report Oh Inc
ooinnii''ee on iosoiu'ion' WIZ" WOE ""op'eu
7e ioiio"
county in mass meeting assembled declare
their adhesion tothe principles OF the Repub-
sor pnd IN the hest in terests of the neopIe Of
Virginia, we declare these principles sufficient
Tor US. and constitute eacn lndivlduaI MEMBER
for the Success Of the nominees we have this
day placed upon this platform until the sun
goes down on Inc etn OF November.
a motion 70 adjourn was 'nen naue a.
resolution requiring Inc railroads 10 renee
tnslr ROADS, ana II not zone "l1nln speciheo
tune tna1 tne runhihs Vi INC liai Id snouio oe
stoppeo' he insisted tnat sucn d resolution
Wouio make Votes, ana tnat II was necessary
10 pass II. MI. fosI arose 10 point Oh oroef'
maintaining that Inc resolaIion WAS not III Or
DER as all resolutions were required oy Inc
auoption Vi ~ previous resoiulion W De reieffeu
70 tne coihhiteee Oh fesoiutions' ine cnair
ue'ioeu sna' Az =" 90 NV III oiue' anu 'nsn' VI
-iiotion' JIG conF en'iol auJoufnoo S'"e "'o'
FersonaI.
2hev. b. ID. Hawes. u. u. Fastor Oh the zno
aresos terian Church vi 'nie onS' ie'' noio VI
tne s&ternoon Oh friday last lol Ae"isouts' w.
va. "hsre he preacneu III tne iAeeoS 'eiian
cnurcn on SUNDAY iast. ne VIII return III
time 10 preach III LIS own pnipi' on neA' oun'
saay' Which, ID coiiiinun oay'
Mr.. H. c. Palmer was this week appointed
Postmaster at Greenviile. in place of Mr.. A. g.
Duncan, who resigned, to make his future res
tdence in Birmingham. Ala. Mr.. G, A. Koiner
has been appointed postmaster at Koiner's
Store. q
Hon. Jacob Yost is announced to address the
Republicans OF Roanoke at Salem next court
day.
county ,on last Thursday delivered lecture on
hygiene to the students of Roanoke College In
Salem,
Mr.. Barrett Browning. son OF Elizabeth Bar
rett and Robert Browning. the poets, was mar
ried near London. Tuesday, the 4th inst, to
Miss Fanny Coddington. of New York.
The venerable Matthew Pilson, Esq, as ia
his wont. called on Saturday last to pay his
subscription to the Spectator IN advance he
Is IS years of age and has paid regularly for the
Spectator since 1926 years.
a SEhANADE--A sef was eAoeieo ouf
Stonewall Brigade Band. on Tuesday evening
Srd, last, and pleasant evening IL was TO all
concerned, the entire Band being present, in
Guiding the "old war members" Messrs. Hose,
Burnett and Burdett. After the serenade the
boys were invited into the parlor. but they did
not have to wait long until they were ushered
into tent, in the yard, where bountiful sup
per had been prepared for them. The table
was artistically set. and contained everything
that could be thought of to appease the appetite
of either fastidious or hungry man. The boys